On 05/07/08 15:50 +1000, John Skaller said ...
>
> What I am asking for is:
>
> apt-get install fred
>
> and it installs fred. If 'fred' is not available for my architecture,
> it is compiled and installed automatically and transparently. This
> occurs recursively for all dependencies, at least up to some base
> level.
apt-get --only-source build-dep fred
apt-get --only-source -b source fred
should do what you want. This is how the pine source packages in are
built.
Giridhar
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